Excerpt from Encyclopedia of Massachusetts: Biographical Genealogical; Compiled With the Assistance of a Capable of Advisers and Contributors From a very old Colonial family dating back to 1634 in this country and traced still further back in England, came Samuel Dibble Sherwood, for many years one of Springfields leading insurance men, and a member of the firm of Cone Sherwood, general insurance agents, and a man prominent in civic and political affairs in Springfield. The immigrant ancestor of the Sherwood family in America was Thomas Sherwood, of further mention, and the line of descent from this pioneer ancestor to Malcolm Clarke Sherwood, son of Samuel Dibble Sherwood, is as follows: (I) Thomas Sherwood, immigrant ancestor, born in England, 1586, came to this country in April, 1634, with his wife, Alice, and four children, one of whom was Thomas, of further mention. The pioneer family settled in Fairfield, Connecticut, in 1650, and there, in 1655, the father died. (II) Thomas (2) Sherwood, son of Thomas (1) and Alice Sherwood, was born in England, in 1624. He married Elizabeth Cable, widow of John Cable, Jr., of Fairfield, Connecticut, and died in Fairfield, in 1697. They had children, among whom was Isaac, of further mention. (III) Isaac Sherwood, son of Thomas (2) and Elizabeth (Cable) Sherwood, born 1684-85, died in 1748. He lived in Norwalk. He married Mary. They had children, among whom a son, John, of further mention. (IV) John Sherwood, son of Isaac and Mary Sherwood, married Hannah Morehouse, and they had a son, John, of further mention. (V) John (2) Sherwood, son of John (1) and Hannah (Morehouse) Sherwood, was born before 1748, died 1826. He married Abigail Lobdell, of Newburyport, and among their children was a son, Samuel, of further mention. (VI) Samuel Sherwood, son of John (2) and Abigail (Lobdell) Sherwood, was born March 24, 1779.He married Esther Goodsell, a descendant of the first Presbyterian minister who settled at Greenfield. Her brother served in the War of 1812, and was wounded in the battle of Lundys Lane. They had children, among whom Moses, of further mention. (VII) Moses Sherwood, son of Samuel and Esther (Goodsell) Sherwood, was born August 10, 1810.He was a farmer, born and reared in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, where he lived and died, having filled at various times all the local offices of the neighborhood. His wife, Elizabeth Taylor (Dibble) Sherwood, was a native of Bethel, born July 2, 1825.She was the daughter of Timothy Dibble, and her grandfather on the maternal side was Joshua Taylor, who served for seven years in the Revolutionary War, and was with General Washington at Valley Forge. The ancestors of the Taylors were among the earliest settlers of New Haven and Danbury. Moses and Elizabeth Taylor (Dibble) Sherwood had children, among whom was Samuel Dibble, of further mention. (Viii) Samuel Dibble Sherwood, son of Moses and Elizabeth Taylor (Dibble) Sherwood, was born at Redding Ridge. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.